Until 1978. young people from the Northern Marianas who wanted to enlist in the U.S. Armed Forcesand satisfied statutory or regulatory requirements of proof of permanent residencewere allowed to do so. In fact. a number of these islanders served and fought in both Korea and Vietnam. Ironically. the legal basis for this service was eliminated by an Immigration and Naturalization Service ruling in January 1978 which was designed to ease the transition period to permanent union by eliminating the "green card" requirements for citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands to take up permanent residence in the United States. Statutes in the case of the U.S. Army and the U.S.
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